Patents by Inventor Masaru Takahashi

Masaru Takahashi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Medium For Resin Particles Containing Fluorescent Dye
    Publication number: 20170045452
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a medium which is capable of inhibiting precipitation and/or aggregation of fluorescent dye-containing resin particles and enables to use the fluorescent dye-containing resin particles for staining after a long-term storage without having to perform complicated operations. The present invention provides a medium for storing fluorescent dye-containing resin particles, wherein, in a particle-containing liquid obtained by adding fluorescent dye-containing resin particles to the medium, the rate of change in the backscatter intensity (transmitted light) at the center of the height of the particle-containing liquid left to stand for 24 hours after the addition is not less than ?1% based on the particle-containing liquid immediately after the addition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Masaru TAKAHASHI, Fuminori OKADA
  • Toner set, image forming apparatus, and image forming method
    Patent number: 9557674
    Abstract: Provided is a toner set including at least a first brilliant toner that contains a brilliant pigment, and a second brilliant toner that contains a brilliant pigment and exhibits a different color from the first brilliant toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sakiko Hirai, Shotaro Takahashi, Masaru Takahashi, Atsushi Sugitate, Shuji Sato
  • Printing material receptacle, label, and printing apparatus
    Patent number: 9555634
    Abstract: A printing material receptacle fitted on a folder of a printing apparatus that includes a writing unit. The printing material receptacle includes a housing to accommodate ink; a first recording portion formed on a face of the housing and for recording updatable first information relating to the printing material receptacle to be updatable and visible using a non-electronic method, the face being exposed from the folder when the printing material receptacle is fitted on the folder; and a second recording portion formed on the face of the housing and for recording updatable second information relating to the printing material receptacle to be updatable, invisible, and mechanically readable using a non-electronic method. The first and second recording portions are configured to be written with the first and second information respectively by the writing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Koizumi, Takeshi Iwamuro, Masaru Takahashi
  • Tank unit and liquid ejecting system having tank unit
    Patent number: 9539820
    Abstract: A tank unit includes two or more liquid accommodating containers disposed in a row. Each of the liquid accommodating containers includes a main body having a concave shape defining a side opening and a film that blocks the side opening. The main body and the film at least partially define a liquid accommodating chamber for accommodating a liquid. The main body includes a facing wall that faces the film across the liquid accommodating chamber and has a wall larger than the side opening. The liquid accommodating containers are disposed such that the film of at least one of the liquid accommodating containers is covered by the facing wall of an adjacent one of the liquid accommodating containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Ishizawa, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Masaru Takahashi
  • VIDEO RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD, AND VIDEO REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160373711
    Abstract: A recording apparatus, including: a photographing unit which picks up a moving picture and a still picture; a first encoder which encodes the moving picture and the still picture by a first encoding method; a second encoder which encodes the still picture by a second encoding method which is different from the first encoding method; and a recorder which records a file of the moving picture encoded by the first encoding method, a file of the still picture encoded by the first encoding method and a file of the still picture encoded by the second encoding method, on a recording medium, wherein both of the file of the still picture encoded by the first encoding method and the file of the still picture encoded by the second encoding method, are based on one still picture picked up with a single photographing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Masaru TAKAHASHI, Junji SHIOKAWA
  • Robot and abutment member for robot
    Patent number: 9498860
    Abstract: An abutment member having an abutment section abutting a work stand on which a workpiece to which an arm performs work is placed is provided on a front surface of a robot body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masaru Takahashi
  • Electrostatic charge image developing white toner, electrostatic charge image developer, and toner cartridge
    Patent number: 9477167
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing white toner includes toner particles that contain a binder resin, a titanium dioxide as a pigment and at least one selected from a group consisting of niobium and phosphorous, wherein an amount of the niobium is 0.005% by weight to 0.05% by weight or an amount of the phosphorous is 0.003% by weight to 0.05% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satomi Hara, Masaru Takahashi, Shotaro Takahashi
  • Video recording and reproducing method, and video reproducing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 9451229
    Abstract: A recording apparatus, including: a photographing unit which picks up a moving picture and a still picture; a first encoder which encodes the moving picture and the still picture by a first encoding method; a second encoder which encodes the still picture by a second encoding method which is different from the first encoding method; and a recorder which records a file of the moving picture encoded by the first encoding method, a file of the still picture encoded by the first encoding method and a file of the still picture encoded by the second encoding method, on a recording medium, wherein both of the file of the still picture encoded by the first encoding method and the file of the still picture encoded by the second encoding method, are based on one still picture picked up with a single photographing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Takahashi, Junji Shiokawa
  • Liquid container and liquid consumption apparatus
    Patent number: 9440755
    Abstract: A liquid container includes a liquid containing bag and a case member. The liquid containing bag includes a flat end portion extending in a first direction. The case member defines an opening at one end and accommodates the liquid containing bag inserted from the opening in the first direction. The case member has an end portion accommodating section extending in the first direction and accommodating at least the end portion of the liquid containing bag, a main portion accommodating section accommodating a main portion of the liquid containing bag, and a partition wall that partitions the end portion accommodating section and the main portion accommodating section. The partition wall includes a slit extending along the first direction, with the end portion of the liquid containing bag being inserted through the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Aoki, Masaru Takahashi, Yoshikatsu Yamamoto, Hisao Tanaka
  • ROBOT AND METHOD OF OPERATING ROBOT
    Publication number: 20160256997
    Abstract: A robot includes a base, a body connected to the base, a pair of articulated arms rotatably connected to the body, and a moving mechanism adapted to move the body toward or away from the base. Further, a relative positional relationship with a workbench is detected by moving the body with respect to the base using the moving mechanism while keeping the articulated arms in predetermined postures while facing the workbench, and then making the articulated arms contact the workbench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Masaru TAKAHASHI
  • GAS-CONTAINING LIQUID GENERATING APPARATUS AND GAS-CONTAINING LIQUID INJECTING MODULE
    Publication number: 20160250604
    Abstract: A gas-containing liquid generating apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a gas/liquid mixing module configured to mix a gas and a liquid to generate a gas-containing liquid, a first injection module configured to inject the gas-containing liquid supplied from the gas/liquid mixing module, and a second injection module configured to inject the gas-containing liquid supplied from the first injection module to generate bubbles in the gas-containing liquid, wherein the first injection module includes a containing portion configured to contain the gas-containing liquid, a cylindrical portion having a channel configured to inject the gas-containing liquid into the containing portion, and a protruding portion provided on an inner wall surface of the cylindrical portion so as to protrude into the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Asupu Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru TAKAHASHI, Hiromi TAKAHASHI, Koji TAKAHASHI
  • ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING WHITE TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20160246199
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing white toner includes toner particles that contain a binder resin, a titanium dioxide as a pigment and at least one selected from a group consisting of niobium and phosphorous, wherein an amount of the niobium is 0.005% by weight to 0.05% by weight or an amount of the phosphorous is 0.003% by weight to 0.05% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Satomi HARA, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Shotaro TAKAHASHI
  • VIDEO RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD, AND VIDEO REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160249032
    Abstract: A recording apparatus, including: a photographing unit which picks up a moving picture and a still picture; a first encoder which encodes the moving picture and the still picture by a first encoding method; a second encoder which encodes the still picture by a second encoding method which is different from the first encoding method; and a recorder which records a file of the moving picture encoded by the first encoding method, a file of the still picture encoded by the first encoding method and a file of the still picture encoded by the second encoding method, on a recording medium, wherein both of the file of the still picture encoded by the first encoding method and the file of the still picture encoded by the second encoding method, are based on one still picture picked up with a single photographing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru TAKAHASHI, Junji SHIOKAWA
  • THREADED JOINT FOR PIPES
    Publication number: 20160230119
    Abstract: In a threaded joint for pipes constituted by a pin and a box, each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion, the contact surface of the pin has a solid corrosion protective, preferably transparent coating based on a UV-curable resin and the contact surface of the box has a solid lubricating coating having plastic or viscoplastic rheological behavior which is preferably formed by the hot melt technique from a composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer, a wax, a metal soap, a corrosion inhibitor, a water-insoluble liquid resin, and a solid lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Kunio GOTO, Takayuki KAMIMURA, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Keishi MATSUMOTO, Michihiko IWAMOTO, Ryuichi IMAI, Stephanie RAI
  • ROBOT, ROBOT SYSTEM AND SERVER
    Publication number: 20160214257
    Abstract: A robot controlled by a controller includes a recording part that records sensor information on a sensor, and a transmission part that transmits the sensor information to the controller or an external apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Isamu SEJIMO, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Izumi IIDA
  • ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20160202622
    Abstract: An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: first particles containing a brilliant pigment; and second particles not containing a brilliant pigment, wherein 80% by number or greater of the first particles has a circularity in a range of from 0.850 to 0.940, and 80% by number or greater of the second particles has a circularity of 0.950 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Sakiko HIRAI, Shotaro TAKAHASHI, Yukiaki NAKAMURA, Masaru TAKAHASHI
  • Brilliant toner and electrostatic charge image developer
    Patent number: 9389529
    Abstract: A brilliant toner includes a brilliant pigment, an azo yellow pigment, and a magenta pigment, wherein when a solid image in which a toner applied amount is 4.0 g/m2 is formed, color saturation of the image is 25 to 55, a hue angle is 65° to 95°, and lightness is 50 to 80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sakiko Hirai, Atsushi Sugitate, Masaru Takahashi, Shotaro Takahashi, Satomi Hara
  • TONER SET, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160195829
    Abstract: A toner set includes a brilliant toner including a brilliant pigment; and a chromatic toner including a coloring agent that is different from the brilliant pigment, wherein the toner set satisfies the following expression: 1.2?Q1/Q2?5.0 wherein Q1 represents an endothermic quantity of the brilliant toner and Q2 represents an endothermic quantity of the chromatic toner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Shotaro TAKAHASHI, Atsushi SUGITATE, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Sakiko HIRAI, Satomi HARA
  • Robot and method of operating robot
    Patent number: 9381641
    Abstract: A robot includes a base, a body connected to the base, a pair of articulated arms rotatably connected to the body, and a moving mechanism adapted to move the body toward or away from the base. Further, a relative positional relationship with a workbench is detected by moving the body with respect to the base using the moving mechanism while keeping the articulated arms in predetermined postures while facing the workbench, and then making the articulated arms contact the workbench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masaru Takahashi
  • Brilliant toner, developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 9383669
    Abstract: Provided is a brilliant toner containing a brilliant metallic pigment of which the surface is covered with at least one kind of metal oxides selected from a group consisting of silica, alumina, and titania, wherein the brilliant toner has a dielectric loss factor of from 10×10?3 to 60×10?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Takahashi, Sakiko Hirai, Shotaro Takahashi, Atsushi Sugitate, Shuji Sato